Folding cabinet.



R. C. RUSSELL.

FOLDING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.20, 1913.

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R. G. RUSSELL.

FOLDING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 19-13.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

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ROBERT C. RUSSELL, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE K. D. CABINET COMPANY, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

FOLDING CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT C. RUSSELL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Richmond, in the county of have invented a new and useful construction for Folding Cabinets, of which the following is a full, clear, and comprehensive specification, being such as will enable others to make and use the same with exactitude.

This invention pertains, more particularly, to kitchen cabinets or the like, although it may with equal aptitude and with only slight modifications, be practical in connection with other things.

The object of my present invention, broadly stated, is to provide a folding cabinet or the like which will be strong and durable in construction, neat and attractive in appearance, easily assembled and disassembled, handy and convenient in its arrangements, and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low price.

The particular object of this invention is to provide a cabinet or the like constructed in such manner as to permit all parts of each cabinet to be transported or freighted in a single package and in a partly folded condition, and under the caption commonly termed knock down flat, thereby reducing the freight charges to the minimum, and at the same time guarding the various parts from injury during transportation.

Other particular ob ects and specific ad vantages of my invention will be made apparent in the course of the following specification.

The preferred means for carrying out the invention in a practical and an economical manner is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a horizontal section of a cabinet constructed in accordance with my invention, the same being taken on line 1-1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of my cabinet, as taken on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view showing the provision. for a flour bin, which is omitted in this view. Fig. 4 is the same as Fig. 3 except that the flour-bin is shown in its normal position. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the lower portion of the cabinet, as taken on line 55 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a perspective View of my entire cabinet complete, partly open and in complete operative condition. And Fig. 7 is a perspective view of my cabinet folded ready to be crated knock down flat.

Similar indices denote like parts throughout the several views.

In order that the construction, the operation, and advantages of my invention may be the better understood and appreciated I will now take up a detailed description thereof in which I will set forth the invention as briefly and as comprehensively as I may.

Referring now to the drawings in detail: Numerals 1 and 2 denote the two relatively stationary sides of the body of the cabinet,

same being spaced apart to form the width of the cabinet, and the length of said sides is that of the total height of the cabinet. Connecting the rear edges of the sides 1 and 2 is the back 3. The lower rear portions of the sides 1 and 2 terminate in feet a and b, respectively.

Connecting the members 1 and 2 near their upper ends is the fixed shelf or top 4; and in the central portions said members 1 and 2 are connected by the fixed shelf 5; and near their lower ends said members 1 and 2 are connected by the fixed bottom shelf 6. All of the members: 4, 5 and 6, are of the same width as the sides 1 and 2, between which they are secured, and the back 3 is in turn secured to them. Also an auxiliary shelf 7, of the same dimensions as shelf 5, is secured in the same manner at a position above said shelf 5. A vertical partition 8 connects the shelves 4: and 7, thereby dividing the space between said shelves into two unequal portions, one of which is only about one-third the size of the other; and the larger of said spaces is again divided by the horizontal shelf 9 which extends between the members 2 and 8. Covering the front edge of the partition 8, and extending between the shelves 4 and 7, is the strip 10; and corresponding with the latter and secured to the front edge of the shelf 9, centrally thereof, and extending between the shelves 4: and 7, is the strip 11. Attached to strip 10, by the hinges 1213, is the door 14: which is adapted to close the space between the strips 10 and 11 and the shelves 4 and 7. In like manner there is attached to the front edge of the side 2, by the hinges 1516, the door 17 which closes the space between the forward edge of member 2, the

strip 11, and the shelves 4 and 7. A U- shaped notch 18, shown in Fig. 3, is formed in the shelf 7, and it opens out through the forward edge thereof and it extends back more than half-way therethrough. Said notch is located centrally of the space between the side 1 and partition 8.

Numeral 19 denotes a bin, having a downwardly extending spout 20 in which there is a sifter 22 to be operated by the crank 21. said bin 19 is adapted to'iit in the space between the side 1-, the partition 8, and the shelves 4 and 7, with the spout located in and extending below the notch 18.

Connected to the forward edge of the side 1 is the wing panel A, the same being attached by the hinges (Z, 6 and f. Identical with the wing-panel A is the wing-panel B which is attached to the forward edge of the side 2 by the hinges w, 1 and 2. Said wing panels A and B are wider than are the sides 1 and 2 to which they are attached, but they are less than half the length thereof, that is their lower ends are located even with the lower ends of the sides 1 and 2 but their upper ends terminate slightly below the middle shelf 5. The said wing-panels normally extend out parallel with the sides 1 and 2, as in Fig. 6, but they are adapted to' fold inward at right angles thereto, as in Fig. 7. Extending down from the forward lower corners of the wing-panels A and B- are the respective feet at and a, which correspond with the feet a and b of the sides. Secured along 011 the upper edges of the wing-panels A and B, by means of nails or screws, are the respective guide strips C and D.

Numeral 23 denotes the work-top, which is slidably mounted on the strip H and on the upper edge of the front frame and located underneath the shelf 5, and it extends between the sides 1 and 2, and it is adapted to slide in and out between the guide-strips C and D and it is unsupported by the side panels.

The front frame comprises the two horizonta'l stiles 24 and 25, upper and lower respectively, which are connected at their ends to the two side members 26 and 27. The members 26 and 27 extend below thestile 25 to form the front feet, which are adapted to rest upon the floor, and they correspond with the feet a and b Numeral 28 denotes the central vertical member which connects the upper and the lower stiles 24' and 25. And extending across between the members 27 and 28 are two cross-bars29 and 30. Hinged to member 26 is the door 31', whichis adapted to close the space in the front-frame between the members 26,28, 24 and 25. Secured on the inner face of the door 31 is the rack 32 Slidably mounted between the members 24, 29, 27 and 28 is the drawer 332 Slid'ably mounted between the members 27, 28, 29 and 30 is the drawer 34. And likewise slidably mounted between the members 27, 28, 30' and 25 is the drawer 35. The inner ends of the drawers may be supported in any well known manner, usually by guides on which the drawers rest. Formed in the central portion of the upper edge of the member 24 is the gain 36in which may slidably operate the dough-hoard 37.

Numeral 38 denotes a vertical partition which extends up from the shelf 6 to within a short distance below the shelf 5, that is to the strip H; the partition 38 being of the" same width as are the sides 1 and 2. Connecting the artition 38 with the side 1 is the shelf 39. airs of cleats or fingers 40 extend forward from the forward portion of the partition '38 to receive therebetween the removable vertical partition 41, which latter extends forward to the member 28 to which it is removably secured by screws, as the screws 72 shown in Fig. 6. Extending forward from and ,on a level with the bottom shelf 6 is the removable bottom shelf 42. The shelf 42 is supported by the cleats U and V which are secured across to the inner faces of the lower portions of the respective wing-panels. I

\Vhen the cabinet is assembled the said front-frame is secured to the front edges of the extended wing-panels A and B by means of screws, asindicated by the screws- 9 and s as shown in Fig. 6.

It should be observed that the rear por-, tion of the work-top 23' issupported by and is slidable on the strip H, the latter extending across and being secured to the inner faces of the sides 1 and 2 and near their forward edges, and the forward portion of the work-top is supported by and is slidable on the upper edge of the member 24 of the front frame. Also the dough-board- 37 is adapted to slide back with its rear edge in contactwith said strip H.

When constructedas above set forth the cabinet will appear as in Fig. 6 except that the bin 19 may be slid back to the position in" which it is shown in Figs. 2and 4'; the drawers" 33, 34 and 35' may be closed, as in Fig. 1; and the doors 14, 17 and 31 may be closed; asin' Figs. 1, 2' and 3.

esiring now to prepare the cabinet for shipment one has only to remove and rearrange various parts, for instance the rack 32 may be placed in one of the drawers; the drawers may be removed, also the par tit-ion 41' and the shelf 39 and these parts are then packed in the spaces between the sides 1 and 2 and the shelves 5 and 6, as is also? the dough-board 37. The screws retaining the front frame to the wing-panels ai'ethen' removed thereby releasing the front frame, and, their, afterrem'oving the bottom shelf 42", the wing-panels A and B are folded inward and the front frame brought back in contact with outer faces of the wing-panels as in Fig. 7 The work-top 23 is then placed over the front of the upper portion of the cabinet, and the bottom shelf 42 is placed parallel therewith and resting on the upper edge of the front frame, thereby bringing various parts to the positions shown in Fig. 7, ready to be wrapped or crated, with all of the parts self contained and ready to ship knock down flat, as hereinbefore mentioned.

I desire that it be understood that I am not to be limited to the exact details of construction herein shown and described, neither am I to be limited to application of my invention to a cabinet, as the invention is adapted to various kinds of constructions and to various modifications from that herein shown.

Having now fully shown and described one means for the employment of my invention in a practical manner, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A folding cabinet consisting of permanently connected sides 1 and 2 and a back extending from the top to the bottom of the cabinet, panels hinged to forward edges of the sides 1 and 2 and extending from the lower ends of the respective sides upward Copies of this patent may be obtained for less than half the lengths of the sides, guide strips connected to the upper edges of the panels, a removable front frame having drawer openings and a door opening formed therein, said frame being adapted to be removably secured to and extending across between the forward edges of the panels when the panels are opened out in alinement with the sides and extending from the lower edges of the panels upward even with the upper edges thereof, feet for supporting the front frame, a door for the door opening, drawers adapted to slide in the drawer openings of said frame and without contact with the panels, a strip H extending across between the sides 1 and 2, and a work top unsupported by the panels and slidably supported on said strip H and on the upper edge of the front frame and with its ends slidably engaged with the guide strips and closing the top of the compartment formed by the panels and the front frame, all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses ROBERT C. RUSSELL.

Witnesses ROBERT W. RANDLE, R. E. RANDLE.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C. 

